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Colo. boy, 4, safe after ride with carjacker

View SlideshowRequest to buy this photoCBS-4 TV Denver via APRyan Stone, 28, runs from one of the three vehicles he is accused of carjacking in the Denver area yesterday morning during rush hour. The first was an SUV with a 4-year-old boy inside.

Allan Chavarria-Rodriguez, 4, snuggles next to his mother, Marta Rodriguez, as she talks to reporters in Brighton, Colo., about the boy’s ride with a carjacker.

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DENVER — A 4-year-old pajama-clad boy was left unattended in a vehicle that was carjacked by a
fugitive and survived a high-speed police chase in the Denver area yesterday, police said.

The suspect later carjacked two other vehicles and struck a police officer before his
arrest.

He crashed one of the vehicles and attempted to flee on foot after a 75-mile pursuit that was
captured live by a Denver TV station helicopter during the morning rush hour, said Trooper Nate
Reid, a spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol.

“The boy was not injured, but unfortunately one of the troopers was,” Reid said.

The injured officer was struck as he was on foot deploying so-called stop sticks in an attempt
to halt one of the stolen vehicles, Reid said. The trooper was taken to a hospital but was expected
to recover from his injuries.

Douglas County Undersheriff Tony Spurlock identified the suspect as Ryan Stone, 28, who is from
the Denver area.

Spurlock said Stone suffered minor injuries and will be held on suspicion of carjacking, felony
eluding and attempted second-degree murder of an officer.

Reid said the incident started in Longmont, about 30 miles north of Denver. Stone, who was being
sought by police after failing to appear in court on drug charges, stole an SUV with the boy inside
and raced south on I-25 toward Denver. The boy’s mother had left the child in the vehicle while she
went into a store.

Officers pursued the vehicle at speeds exceeding 100 mph before backing off as the SUV
approached the Denver metropolitan area, Reid said.

In the town of Brighton, the man rammed a minivan, yanked the woman driver from the vehicle and
fled. He left the pajama-clad boy in the SUV, the TV footage showed.

The boy was then reunited with his mother, a Brighton police spokesman said.

The suspect rammed another vehicle near Denver International Airport, police said, and pulled
the driver from that car and fled again, ultimately crashing it. Officers then caught him on
foot.